Bed.



Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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BED.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, I910.

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SAMUEL 1%. LOCKI-IART, F BUNA, TEXAS.

BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2%, 1911.

Application filed Jane 4, 1810. Serial No. 564,954.

Ito alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, SAMUEL R. Loonrmnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buns, in the county of Jasper and State o't Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in beds and moreparticularly to improvements in convertible beds.

The ect of my invention is to provide a single bed which may be extendedand con-- verted into a double bed.

Another object 01 my invention is to provide a single bed having springswhich may be extended with the bed to form a double bed.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a single bed whichmay be extended into a double bed and locked in either position. 1

Finally the object 01 the invention is to provide means or the characterdescribed that will be strong, durable and eiticient, and easy oioperation, simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct, and alsoin which the several parts will not be likely to get out of workingorder.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention has relation tocertain novel features of construction and operation, an example ofwhich is described in this specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Fi ure 1. is a plan view of my deviceshowing the bed extended in dotted lines, Fi 2. is a section taken onthe line S-D oi ig. 1 showing the bed extended in full line in itsnormal position in dotted lines, Fig. 3. is a side elevation showing thesprings in their folded position, Fig. 41-. is a section taken on theline 0ca7 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5. is a detail view or" the locking meansprovided at the h ad and foot of the bed to hold it in the desiredadjustment, and Fig. 6. is a per spective view of a portion of one ofthe slats showing a catch adapted to hold the slat in the desiredadjustment.

in the drawings, the numeral 1 designates head and foot members made intwo sections 2 and 3. The section 2 comprises horizontal end bars a anda corner post 5 carrying the usual socket casting 6 having tapered keysockets 7. The section 3 consists of corner post 9 having inwardlyprojecting bars 8 made integral therewith and arranged to slide freelywithin the end bars 4. The corner posts for this section carries thesame socket casting as the corner posts 5. On the lower surface of theupper end bar 4; of section 2 a recess 10 is out, while a similar recessis cut in the upper surface of the lower end. bar a. In these recesses,slide bars 11 supported from the corner posts 9 of the section 3 arearranged to slide and carry at their free end a hook 12 pivoted thereonand arranged to engage with notches 14 cut into the end bars 4. Verticalrods 15 extending between the end bars 1 are out of alinement withvertical rods 16 carried between the slide bars 11 so that the section 3may be telescoped into the section 2 without interit'ering with thevertical bars supported by either of the two sections.

Side bars 17 constructed of angle iron and carrying the usual end blocks18 connect the head and foot members. Slats 19 are formed by bindingtogether two bars 20 and 21. The bar 21 being normally free to slip inthe band 22 allows the slat to be adjusted to fit either of thepositions afforded by the telescoping of the head and foot members andmay be locked securely by a hook 23 carried by the bar 21 arranged toengage over the band 22 and pass into an aperture in the bar 21. Aplurality of these slats may be placed in the bed so as to engage withthe side bars 17. A section of springs constructed and bound together inthe usual way can be used when the bed is in its normal position, but ifit is desired to extend the bed into a double bed a much wider spring isnecessary. To atl ord this extension of the bed I have provided a secondsection of springs 25. This section of springs is hinged onto thesprings 2d at its lower edge and when the bed is in its normal positionis folded back against the springs 25 and the slats are passed throughit to hold it up and out of view. hen it is desired to extend the bedthe hooks 12 may be turned so as not to engage in the notches 1e and thehead and foot members may be extended as is shown in full lines in Fig.2. The slats are next adjusted by being extended to the desired positionwhere they can be locked by turning the hook 23 so that it will engageover the band 22 and into an aperture in the bar 21. Then the section 25of the springs is folded up even with the section 2% and they are placedon the slats.

It is obvious that many different adjustments may be had to adapt thebed to different uses under different circumstances and by making thesections 25 of the spring in diiferent sizes or using two or more sections in a light manner that the bed may be extended to various Widths.

lVhat I claim is:

In combination in an extension bed, the head and foot members, eachcomprising two sections and each section being rigidly attached to oneof the corner posts, one section having hollow bars, the other sectionhaving bars telescoping into the bars of the first section, verticalrods connecting the bars of both sections a latch device carried on oneof the bars on one of the sections adapted to engage one of the bars ofthe other section, a plurality of slats each comprising two movablemembers placed side by side, bands connecting the members and secured t0one member, hooks pivoted to one of the members adapted to engage overthe bands, and a mattress spring adapted to rest on the slate and havinga section hinged to fold under the bed of the spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL LOCKHART.

Vitnesses ESAU RICHARDSON, J. I. MIXsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

